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1980 NHL Draft

Reijo Ruotsalainen in the 1980 NHL Draft

New York Rangers selected Reijo Ruotsalainen 119th overall in the 1980 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 6.

He was the third of the 4 Finns selected that year. It was the fifth of the 9 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 1980, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 446 games put him 49th in the class.

Overall pick
119
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 14
Drafting team
NYRNew York Rangers
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 116–122 in the 1980 draft

  1. 116Ron DennisGTOR
  2. 117Perry AndersonL400 GP · 109 PSTL
  3. 118John MultanRCGY
  4. 119Reijo RuotsalainenD446 GP · 344 PNYR
  5. 120Steve LarmerR1006 GP · 1012 PCHI
  6. 121Dan ZavariseDMNS
  7. 122Dan RevellRNYI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1980 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1980 class

3rd
of 4 Finns selected
37th
of 72 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Finns selected

  1. 69Jari KurriR1251 GP · 1398 PEDM
  2. 89Timo BlomqvistD243 GP · 57 PWSH
  3. 119Reijo RuotsalainenD446 GP · 344 PNYR
  4. 146Jari PaavolaGBUF
Every pick from Finland in the 1980 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Reijo Ruotsalainen made his NHL debut on October 6, 1981, 1 year and 117 days after the draft.

446
Games
107
Goals
237
Assists
344
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Rangers picks in the 1980 draft

  1. 14James MaloneCNYR
  2. 35Mike AllisonR499 GP · 268 PNYR
  3. 77Kurt KleinendorstCNYR
  4. 98Scot KleinendorstC281 GP · 58 PNYR
  5. 119Reijo RuotsalainenD446 GP · 344 PNYR
  6. 140Robert ScurfieldCNYR
  7. 161Bartley WilsonDNYR
  8. 182Chris WrayRNYR
  9. 203Anders BackstromDNYR